St-Gervais-St-Protais (Paris)

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Facade in the classique style

Saint-Gervais-Saint-Protais is in Paris ( 4th Arrondissement ) behind de Ville Hôtel situated parish church . The name refers to the saints Gervasius and Protasius .

history

View of the choir
View through the nave to the east

A previous church was built in the same place between 1212 and 1420.

The Gothic church building, a three-aisled basilica with a transept and a low-leveling choir , was built from 1494. The choir was completed in 1540 and the Renaissance- style arms of the transept in 1578. The Pinaigrier glass painting workshop was involved in equipping the transept .

The main nave with a length of approx. 76 m was completed around the year 1600. The nave and choir have late Gothic star vaults.

The facade of the church was built between 1616 and 1621. It was built by Salomon de Brosse (1571–1626), the architect of the Palais du Luxembourg , and marks the beginning of the style classique . This French variant of the Baroque adheres to the concept of structure of the Renaissance (three-story elevation, greater sobriety compared to the Baroque of Roman character). In some sources, the authorship of the designs for the facade is attributed to the architect Clément Métezeau (1581–1652), a colleague of Brosses.

Sights of the church include stained glass windows from the Renaissance, especially the Wurzel Jesse window . In addition to windows from the 15th and 16th centuries, there are windows from the 19th century and some abstract windows that were designed by the glass painter Sylvie Gaudin in the mid-20th century .

In the First World War that hit during the Good Friday church service on March 29, 1918 basement of a German called Paris gun the roof of the church building, which caused the collapse of the vault. There were 88 dead and 68 wounded.

Communities of Jerusalem (Fraternité de Jérusalem)

The church was handed over to the Fraternité de Jérusalem for use by the local bishop in 1975 .

organ

View of the organ

The organ was built in the 17th century by the organ builder Thierry and redesigned several times. From 1653 to 1827 members of the Couperin family of musicians , including Louis and François Couperin , held the post of organist at Saint Gervais. Today the instrument has 41 stops on five manuals and a pedal . The playing and stop actions are mechanical.

I positive C – d 3
1. Montre 8th'
2. Bourdon 8th'
3. Montre 4 ′
4th Duplicate 2 ′
5. Tierce 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
7th Larigot 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
8th. Plein-Jeu V
9. Trumpets 8th'
10. Cromorne 8th'
11. Clairon 4 ′
Tremblant
II Grand Orgue C – d 3
12. Montre 16 ′
13. Bourdon 16 ′
14th Montre 08th'
15th Bourdon 08th'
16. Dessus de flûte 08th'
17th Prestant 04 ′
18th Nasard 02 2 ⁄ 3  ′
19th Fourth 02 ′
20th Duplicate 02 ′
21st Tierce 01 3 ⁄ 5  ′
22nd Large fourniture II 08th'
23. Fittings III 01'
24. Cymbals IV 02 ⁄ 3 ′
25th Cornet V 08th'
26th Big trumpet 08th'
27. Trumpets 08th'
28. Voix humaine 08th'
29 Clairon 04 ′
III Bombarde C – d 3
30th Bombard 00 16 ′

IV Recit g 0 –d 3
31. Cornet V 000 08th'
32. Hautbois 08th'

V echo c 1 -d 3
33. Flute 08th'
34. Nasard 02 2 ⁄ 3  ′
35. Trumpets 00 08th'
Pedals C – d 1
36. Bourdon 16 ′
37. Flute 08th'
38. Flute 04 ′
39. Bombard 00 16 ′
40. Trumpets 08th'
41. Clairon 04 ′

See also

The facade design was taken up in the St. Ignaz Church in Mainz .

literature

  • Julia Droste-Hennings, Thorsten Droste: Paris . DuMont Verlag, Cologne 2003, ISBN 3-7701-6090-8 , p. 37 ff. And p. 159.
  • Heinfried Wischermann: Architecture Guide Paris . Hatje, Ostfildern 1997, ISBN 3-7757-0606-2 , p. 34.

Web links

Commons : St-Gervais-St-Protais (Paris)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Information on the organ

Coordinates: 48 ° 51 ′ 20 ″  N , 2 ° 21 ′ 16 ″  E